Senate budget battle likely as vote looms

Adriene Hill Oct 17, 2017

Senate budget battle likely as vote looms

Adriene Hill Oct 17, 2017

The Senate is expected to take up a budget framework this week. If it passes, the GOP will be one step closer to the tax overhaul it so desperately wants. President Donald Trump promised yesterday in a Rose Garden press conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the tax plan is on track. But the outcome of the pending budget vote is far from predictable.

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